Friday, March 2, 2018

Women's History Month - Nevertheless She Persisted is really about every women who had to use her tenacity and courage to accomplish whatever she set out to accomplish. It's universal!

Think about our mothers and grandmothers, they've been persisting for a long time. We recognize our courage and commitment, as we continuously break down the barriers placed in front of us and are steadfast in fighting for what we believe in.

Today women make up 15% of active military, did you know that? Women are dominating film as producers, directors and writers. Women are taking initiatives within the business world and becoming the bosses, entrepreneurs and leading companies to victory.

Nevertheless She Persisted really is our rallying cry because we know that together, we can produce and deliver change, great change, new initiatives, ideas, opportunities while clearing the path for other women to follow. We have just begun.

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Introduction: Women’s History Month, we all know that
women should be celebrated more than one month right? I mean after all we are
champions, aren’t we? The definition provided is Women’s History Month is a
celebration of women while recognizing the incredible contributions we’ve made
to our nation, our culture, our society and yes, I will include our communities. I am definitely here for it and do trust and believe we have given even more.There’s
always a theme for every month in which there’s some characteristic to a
celebration, such as Black History Month, where the theme was African Americans in Times of War,
where we made significant contributions and aided in a great manner, in addition
to making many sacrifices. Women’s History Month this year's theme is
“Nevertheless, She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight and fought All Forms of
Discrimination Against Women. WOW, how apropos in this current climate in which we’re
living, in the “Me Too” movement and women who continue to forge forward bringing attention to judgments and perceptions.

We as
strong women refuse to be silent anymore, refuse to be ignored and refuse to be
pushed aside; this is what it’s about. Being a woman, it's easy for me to
comprehend the discriminations that our gender face on a daily basis, but
despite the challenges we've endured throughout history, it's encouraging to
see how far we've come in the past century and even more so in demonstrating
the importance that our voices be heard. Often times, as women, we are
perceived as vulnerable, which is comical to me because I believe we have to be
vulnerable in order to find that power within us.

Being a strong woman means to
me that I can, and will stand up for myself. It means that I am a
fully-functioning human being, one who is independent and able to do things for
herself. It means that I have opinions and beliefs that I stand for, and that I refuse to settle for anything less. It doesn’t mean that I don’t ask for help. I
do, quite often. Asking for help doesn’t define me as fragile; it means I’m
able to concede that I’m not a super woman, all alone mind you, and that I’m going to
need other people, other superwomen, sometimes. Being strong doesn’t mean that
I close myself off from others and act like I’m better than them. (Actually,
I’m always striving to be better, live better, love better, which is about me
rather than anyone else.) It doesn’t mean that I force my beliefs down other
people’s throats, constantly judging others for how they think, that’s not me. It
doesn’t mean that I’m ‘inevitably bitter or jaded’. In fact, a strong woman is
a woman who loves herself and her world and is therefore positive, loving, and
self-assured. Simply put, to be a strong woman simply means that I am grounded
and confident in who I am. Let’s be real, how many times have you heard that
strong women are too much, too intimidated, too jaded, miserable and bitter,
nope not me.I just have a backbone and
I am proud of myself and others who are not afraid of being themselves in a world
that might not support us the way in which we should be. During this women’s history month I will speak to my
passionate, strong women who are not afraid of being who they are, point blank
period.

"Here's to strong women everywhere, may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them"

Hope Hollinsworth Coaxum

About Me

Writing provides me a gateway to express myself. My creative imagination has inspired me to continue to write. I believe it is important to write about things others can relate to, and this is what I have chosen to do. I am a go getter; striving for the utmost. I will continue to distribute my book through book signing events in my hometown, Yonkers and through multicultural venues in the area. This is my "ultimate" dream and it has come full circle.

A Gift of Sunshine

Nia received them all even after being born of a drug addicted mother and having four siblings residing with her. It was her Great Grandmother, Mama Francine, who made sure that Nia received all that was essential in her first nine years of life while living in Tallahassee Florida.

After the death of her loving Mama Francine, Nia and her brother, Jerome, would be split from their siblings and sent to live with an aunt and uncle they barely knew. It was there in the confines of her aunt Lovell and uncle Whit's home where those words of care, love and acceptance turned into torment and cruelty. The worst crime of all was the abuse that both Nia and Jerome would suffer, all the while holding it inside. Nia's once giddiness and fun loving nature turned into hatred and emotional instability.

Follow Nia through her journey through self doubt and shame, until one day where those clouds that hovered above her would be turned into A Gift of Sunshine, that in time, she would offer to another.

Everything Necessary

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What would you do for love, would you let your heart speak for you or would you let common sense guide you?Alexis Morningside, a young girl from a small town in a single family household, was preparing herself for a life filled with success. Her uncle would provide her with the tools needed early in life to reach the goals she strived for. She took every measure necessary in the beginning to make those dreams of success come true. However, those needed measures were not those of what her family would have chosen for her but she was determined to make it work.

Alexis would fall in love with a man whose line of work would captivate her in every way. He would stimulate her physically and emotionally, something she desired and sought after. The excitement and the thrill of the life she was leading would in time alter her very survival. Alexis would eventually become part of a world filled with danger, deceit and false impression.

She would cause a chain reaction that would destroy the very life she had built for herself and the respect from those around her. Alexis Morningside would do everything necessary for self gratification but in the end she would find out the true significance of “everything necessary”.

Delusional

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Dominique Franklin was a woman of means and she played the part to the very end. She had the big house, the expensive cars and the rich husband she always dreamed of, but she wasn't always the woman she had become. Her plan had been put into action after a graduation vacation to Cancun Mexico with three other teenage girls. The young woman she would become would be forced into a delusional sense of reality beyond just her imagination.

Randall Simms was a handsome young man, well liked in his prominent neighborhood. He and his sister were children of a single parent household after the sudden death of their father, who was killed in a car accident.Randall had huge aspirations for himself once he graduated college, but those dreams of becoming successful would fall apart once he laid eyes on which she became.

Where did he fit in the plan she had formed early on? Only one of them would know the truth from the very beginning, only one of them had committed the unspeakable

A Juicy Story

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"Juicillene Joseph aka "Juicy" grew up in the projects with her mother and father who did their best to provide for her and her two siblings. Juicy was innocent unaware of some of the troubles in her own household, until that one night in which her life changed.

She always knew that one day she would get out of the projects and find a better way of life. What Juicy didn't know was the secret that haunted her sister for so many years. Find out what had been hidden away for so long that caused Juicy's life to spiral out of control and turned her existence upside down. Seek the secret that Juicy's sister never told and how she finally finds out what that secret is and how it has affected her in the choices she has made.

You will undoubtedly look into your own indiscretion . . . some secrets are meant to be told. As you delve into the mind of the delusional you will find out what caused these sinister events to take place and you will no longer need to ask the question . . . why?